Soil
A well drained loamy soil with pH range of 5.5-6.0 with cool climate is suited for French bean cultivation.

Season Hills
February –March Plains
October- November

Seed rate
About 80 kg/ha for hills and 50 kg/ha for plains are required

Seed treatment
Treat the seeds with Trichoderma 4 g/kg or Thiram or Carbandazim @ 2 g/kg of seed 24 hours before sowing to control fungal diseases. If the crop is raised for the first time it should be treated with Rhizobium as in cluster beans.

Preparation of fieldHills
Dig the soil thoroughly and incorporate FYM and form beds of convenient size.Plains
After two ploughing, form ridges and furrows.

Sowing
In hills, sow the seeds (2 seeds/hill) in lines or in beds at a spacing of 30 x 15 cm. In plains, sow the seeds (2 seeds/hill) in the sides of the ridges at a spacing of 45 x 30 cm.

Irrigation
Irrigation is done immediately after sowing and again on third day and thereafter once in a week.

Application of fertilizers
Apply FYM 25 t/ha during last ploughing. 90 kg of N and P 125 kg of P/ha should be applied on one side of the ridges.
For rainfed conditions of Shevaroy hills, apply as a basal dose of 62.5 kg/ha of Phosphorous as super phosphate and with another half of 62.5 kg/ha Phosphorous as FYM enriched super phosphate.

After cultivation
Weeding should be given 20 – 25 days and 40 – 45 days after sowing. The crop should be earthed up after each weeding.